The apparatus and method of the present invention provides a gaming device having a separately changeable value and multiplier bonus scheme. The bonus scheme begins when a triggering event occurs during normal operation of the gaming device. Initially, the game displays a value and a multiplier to the player, which form an offer. The game enables the player to keep the offer or change either the value or the multiplier. If the player changes either, the game changes the value or multiplier selected by the player, and yields a new offer. In the preferred embodiment of the bonus scheme, the player can keep the new offer or change the value or multiplier and obtain a final new offer. After the player can no longer change the value or multiplier or if at any time the player keeps an offer, the bonus scheme ends by adding the amount of the offer to the player's gaming device credit, and the player resumes normal play.
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1. A gaming device having a bonus scheme comprising: a processor; a value display connected to said processor and operable to indicate one of a plurality of values; a modifier display connected to said processor and operable to indicate one of a plurality of modifiers; an accept offer indicator connected to said processor; a change value indicator connected to said processor and operable to enable a player to separately request a change of the indicated value; and a change modifier indicator connected to said processor and operably to enable a player to separately request a change of the indicated modifier.
2. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein all of said values are different.
3. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said value display is displayed on a monitor.
4. The gaming device of claim 3 , wherein said change value indicator includes a touch screen associated with the monitor.
5. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said value display includes a wheel and means to indicate one of said plurality of values.
6. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said value display includes means for selectively illuminating said values.
7. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said value display includes a spinning pointer.
8. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein all of said modifiers are different.
9. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said modifier display is displayed on a monitor.
10. The gaming device of claim 9 , wherein said change modifier indicator includes a touch screen associated with the monitor.
11. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said modifier display includes a wheel and means to indicate one of said plurality of modifiers.
12. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said modifier display includes means for selectively illuminating said modifiers.
13. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said modifier display includes a spinning pointer.
14. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said change value indicator includes a portion of a touch screen associated with a video monitor.
15. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said change value indicator is a button.
16. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said change modifier indicator includes a portion of a touch screen associated with a video monitor.
17. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said change modifier indicator includes a button.
18. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said accept offer indicator includes a portion of a touch screen associated with a video monitor.
19. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said accept offer indicator includes a button.
20. The gaming device of claim 1 , which further includes an offer display connected to said processor.
21. The gaming device of claim 1 , wherein said modifier includes a multiplier, an adder, a subtractor or a divider.
22. A method for playing a bonus round of a gaming machine comprising the steps of: (a) triggering said bonus round; (b) displaying a selected value to a player; (c) displaying a selected modifier to the player, wherein said value and modifier mathematically form an offer; (d) enabling the player to keep said offer; (e) enabling the player to separately change said value without changing the selected modifier; (f) displaying a new selected value to said player if the player changes the value, wherein said new value and said modifier mathematically form a new offer; and (g) enabling the player to keep said new offer after changing said value.
23. The method of claim 22 , which further includes repeating steps (e) to (g) at least once.
24. The method of claim 22 , which further includes enabling said player to separately change said modifier one or more times without changing the selected value and displaying a new selected modifier to said player if the player changes the modifier, wherein said new modifier and one of said values mathematically form a new offer, and enabling said player to accept the new offer.
25. The method of claim 22 , which further includes displaying said offer and said new offer to said player.
26. The method of claim 22 , wherein said modifier is a multiplier, an adder, a subtractor, or a divider.
27. A method of playing a bonus round of a gaming machine comprising the steps of: (a) triggering said bonus round; (b) displaying a value to a player; (c) displaying a modifier to the player, wherein said value and said modifier mathematically form an offer; (d) enabling the player to keep said offer; (e) enabling the player to separately change said modifier without changing the selected value; (f) displaying a new modifier to said player if the player changes the modifier, wherein said new modifier and said value mathematically form a new offer; and (g) enabling the player to keep said new offer after changing said modifier.
28. The method of claim 27 , which further includes repeating steps (e) to (g) at least once.
29. The method of claim 27 , which further includes enabling said player to separately change said value one or more times without changing the selected modifier and displaying a new value to said player if the player changes the value, wherein one of said modifiers and said new value mathematically form a new offer, and enabling said player to accept the new offer.
30. The method of claim 27 , which further includes displaying said offer and said new offer to said player.
31. The method of claim 27 , wherein said modifier is a multiplier, an adder, a subtractor, or a divider.
32. A method for playing a bonus round of a gaming machine comprising the steps of: (a) triggering said bonus round; (b) displaying a selected value to a player; (c) displaying a selected modifier to the player, wherein said value and modifier mathematically form an offer; (d) displaying said offer to the player; (e) enabling the player to keep said offer; (f) enabling the player to separately change said value one or more times without changing the selected modifier; (g) displaying a new selected value to the player if the player changes the value, wherein said new value and said modifier mathematically form a new offer; (h) enabling the player to keep said new offer after changing said value; (i) enabling the player to separately change said modifier one or more times without changing the selected value; (j) displaying a new selected modifier to the player if the player changes the modifier, wherein said value and said new modifier mathematically form a new offer; and (h) enabling the player to keep said new offer after changing said modifier.
33. The method of claim 32 , which includes making the player unable to change said modifier after the player changes said value.
34. The method of claim 32 , which includes making the player unable to change said value after the player changes said modifier.
35. A method for operating a game of a gaming machine, said comprising: (a) beginning the game; (b) randomly selecting and indicating to a player a selected value from a plurality of values; (c) randomly selecting and indicating to the player a selected modifier from a plurality of modifiers, wherein said indicated value and indicated modifier mathematically form an offer; (d) displaying said offer to the player; (e) enabling the player to keep said offer and if the player keeps the offer ending the game; (f) enabling the player to either (i) separately request a change of said indicated value without a change of said indicated modifier, or (ii) separately request a change of said indicated modifier without a change of said indicated value; (g) randomly selecting and indicating to the player either (i) one of the plurality of values if the player requested a change to the indicated value, wherein said new indicated value and said modifier mathematically form a new offer, or (ii) one of the plurality of modifiers if the player requested a change to the modifier, wherein said value and said new modifier mathematically form a new offer; (h) displaying said new offer to the player; (i) enabling the player to keep said new offer and ending the game if the player keeps the new offer.
36. The method of claim 35 , which includes repeating steps (f) to (i) at least one if the player does not accept the new offer.
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